This 'historic' (Victorian?) novel opens with our orphaned American heroine choking back sobs of distress at her ex-girlfriend's wedding. A pair of lovely young English aristocrats (brother and sister) help her blow her nose. Friendship ensues. Within a ridiculously short space of time, the brother proposes. Our heroine accepts, partly to get away from everything … Continue reading The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell
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Sawmill Springs by Geri Hill
In which a hotshot homicide detective and a hotshot FBI agent both turn their backs on their previous hotshot existences to go back to small town life, just in time for a series of murders to break out. I spent some of the book wondering if the murders were a result of them coming to … Continue reading Sawmill Springs by Geri Hill
Jane Lawless Mysteries by Ellen Hart
Slightly OTT old-fashioned mystery books with gay characters dotted throughout. A larger than life attention-seeking theatre director and a born-to-sleuth restaurant owner (buddies, not a couple) go solving crime in swanky and artistic places in the Twin Cities and sometimes pop out to the summer house by the lake. These books belong to an older generation, … Continue reading Jane Lawless Mysteries by Ellen Hart
Sanne Jensen books by Cari Hunter
Currently on the third book of this detective-who-goes-fell-running-and-eats-chips series. Gruesome and compelling, mostly snowing and refreshingly English. They don't drink 'tea', they 'make a brew' in this book. Sometimes they have 'a chippy' for supper. When it gets bad, they have a kebab. Use caution when reading the first 20% of any of the Dark … Continue reading Sanne Jensen books by Cari Hunter